We have a new start time. The Belgian Grand Prix will start at 4:20 PM.
The medical car is exploring the circuit. The spray is much less than an hour ago during the warm-up lap.
It is dry at Spa-Francorchamps. The FIA reports that it will remain so for the next thirty minutes.
The sun is even breaking through now. It couldn’t get any crazier.
How is it possible? We see something that looks like a blue sky above La Source.
Message from the FIA: “We expect the rain to stop at 4:00 PM. If the puddles disappear from the circuit after that, we will schedule a new start time as soon as possible.”
Verstappen said over the radio that he thought the FIA was too cautious and just wanted to race. We are still waiting for a new start time.
We are patiently waiting until we have a new start time. If this rain shower is over by 4:00 PM, it even seems like it will stay dry.
Adjustment in the FIA’s weather report. The expectation is that it will continue to rain heavily until at least 4:00 PM.
The straight sections are being dried with tractors with large blowers on them.
It is still pouring from the sky at Spa-Francorchamps. That will continue for at least twenty more minutes. After that, it should become drier.
For clarity, we do not have a new start time yet.
The FIA’s weather station reports that the weather will improve significantly from 3:45 PM.
According to Verstappen, racing is possible. “It’s not that wet at all. And if we race, the track will also dry faster. They are being far too cautious.”
Strangely enough, it is now dry at Spa. However, there will be a new shower in ten minutes.
According to the FIA, the visibility is too poor to race safely. This could be a long afternoon.
CODE RED – It is too wet to race unfortunately. The race will not be started for the time being.
Warm-up lap – There is an awful lot of spray. There may be several warm-up laps behind the safety car.
Warm-up lap – The warm-up lap is running on a soaking wet Spa-Francorchamps. The cars are rolling from their spots.
Everyone starts on intermediates.
The warm-up lap will start behind the safety car. In principle, there will then be a standing start.
Chance of rain according to the FIA: 100 percent.
The starting grid:
From the pits: SainzHamilton
Antonelli
Alonso
For the time being, despite the rain, we seem to be able to start at 3:00 PM.
The expectation is that it will become drier around 3:05 PM. But after that, new rain showers will arrive quickly.
Current image of the weather radar at Spa-Francorchamps.
Max Verstappen is also now on the grid.
It is really pouring from the sky. It is unclear whether we can start racing in these conditions.
The drivers arrive on the wet grid.
It is now raining at Spa-Francorchamps and will continue to do so until at least 3:15 PM.
It is still dry now, but a gigantic shower is really coming to Spa-Francorchamps within the next ten minutes or so. We can prepare for a hectic afternoon.